
Ah, the annual running of the music hipsters - aka CMJ . The annual College Music Journal's music festival hits New York once a year in an effort to give fledgling bands the opportunity to get seen by industry honchos, journalists, bloggers, and the odd fan or two who forked over a pretty penny for a badge. I started out my conquest of CMJ 2010 slowly, with a light day one - heading over to Lovin' Cup's back room performance space, Cameo Gallery to see Class Actress [...]
With a metal kid's dream line-up of both Obits, JEFF The Brotherhood, headliners Murder City Devils and openers (and Marcie Bolan from The Von Bondies' new project) Silverghost to open the day, this past Sunday's fire-hot weather and endless free Amp energy drinks to keep us company the whole day through-a bunch of our friends [...]

Silverghost | JellyNYC Pool Parties | July 18, 2010 It's possible that the Brooklyn hipsters were tired after attending Siren Fest the day before , or maybe it was just the hot heat keeping the kids away from the JellyNYC Pool Parties early on; however, they really missed out by skipping the first act of the day, Silverghost . Despite a sparse crowd (note: the photo above was taken between the sets of Silverghost and JEFF the Brotherhood ), the duo still put on a fantastic show. A few photos from the [...]

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010 MURDER CITY DEVILS, OBITS, JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD & SILVERGHOST @ JELLYNYC'S POOL PARTIES Williamsburg Waterfront 110 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 2PM, FREE Week two of JellyNYC's Pool Parties is here. Murder City Devils , Obits , JEFF the Brotherhood and Silverghost will all play the show. However, this week is sure to be very, very hot. If you can stand the temperature, this is the place to be. Night Marchers [...]
The fifth season of Brooklyn's fabled Pool Parties, now held at East River State Park, starts next weekend, but organizers Jelly waited until now to announce the lineup. More like it: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces partial lineup Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear to play NYC pool party Coachella Lineup Revealed 2010

A couple of you may have seen this already on Stereogum , but the full schedule for 2010 Jelly Pool Parties at East River State Park (aka Williamsburg Waterfront) was officially announced today. The first pool party is on July 11, 2010 with Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof (playing Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures ), WHY?, Fang Island and Pictureplane . 2010 Jelly Pool Parties Lineup Promo video and typewritten lineup after the jump. [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Our focus is on MotorCity, USA this time, as the LimeWire Store shines the spotlight on Detroit's current crop of independent artists in Ear to the Ground: Detroit. The selections, curated by the staff of Detroit Metro Times , the free 16-track digital-only sampler — available exclusively at LimeWire Store — is a broad overview of local acts who are keeping Detroit's rich musical history alive in the 21st century! Ear to the Ground: Detroit features contributions from local cult hero Rodriguez as well as bands-of-the-moment Deastro , [...]

Marcie Bolen of Silverghost @ Neutral:photo by Michael Ligon Forgoing the NXNE festivities of last Wednesday night(eg. The Courthouse, The Drake) I started out the festival the following night with a full night of shows planned although it was a last minute decision on my part to check out my first band of the night, Silverghost. Silverghost is a Detroit male-female duo consist of ex-Von Bondie guitarist/vocalist Marcie Bolen and keyboardist/vocalist Deleano Acevedo and were a terrific start to my NXNE. A last-minute decision based on the band's [...]

After taking a hiatus in 2007, the annual Detroit Summer Smash is back in action this weekend. Starting tonight, and lasting through Saturday, the Detroit Summer Smash features the hottest of the hot-shit locals - from rockers like Silverghost and the High Strung, to more eclectic fair from the likes of Prussia and Goudron - as well as the genuinely fun atmosphere that local music festivals tend to come jam-packed with. Like other Summer Smashes in the past, the money raised at the even will go to a charity. This year, festival [...]

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